Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site Daniel James on Puzzle Pirates, Online Community Management, Cutlass Waving (25 Mar 2004) So I left my girlfriend playing PopTop's game Bejeweled one day with the laptop in bed, and I came back six hours later, and she was still there. Puzzle games are so compelling, but so vapid and empty as an experience. But if you put that into a massively multiplayer game, you solve both problems. Article URL: http://www.gamasutra.com/gdc2004/features/20040325/interview-james_01.shtml Read 297 more articles from Game Development Network sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Encouraging Innovation in Game Development This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy